Freelance Writing on Resume - Four Areas to Consider

Freelance Writing on Resume - Four Areas to ConsiderWhen you want to improve your chances of getting a good-paying job, then you need to develop your own freelance writing on resume. For those who are just starting out, there are some important things that you need to keep in mind. In this article I am going to reveal the most important aspects to remember when getting started.First, as a newcomer you do not have a CV and cover letter. You need to work out how to get the CV. You can submit your CV online to many different CV sites, which will have the option to accept it or not.Secondly, if you want to be a freelance writer, you need to plan your articles carefully. There are two main types of writing jobs, professional and not so professional. Most freelance writers are paid by the hour and you need to consider the amount of hours you are willing to write. Some freelance writers also have bonuses such as a lunch or dinner break, travel allowances etc.Thirdly, you need to understand how important it is to write about what you know. If you don't like what you write, you will not get noticed, and if you don't get noticed you will not get the right to be published. So be sure that what you write about is relevant and interesting to readers. For example, if you have had a really bad week financially, be sure that you present your viewpoint on your blog that you had an upsurge in revenue.Fourthly, you need to decide which website you want to submit your material through, preferably one that accepts submissions by email. A word of warning, always check the fee for each submission and make sure that the website you are using has a decent reward structure. This way, you won't waste your time and energy trying to find a worthy website to submit to.Finally, when you do submit your CV, ensure that you have a cover letter that shows how you can help the employer in their search. If you don't have a good contact name, it's a good idea to use your full name. Also, if you hav e a twitter account, be sure to include your username.Freelance writing on resume can be a great way to showcase your talents and abilities, without compromising on the quality of your work. Try out various methods and make sure that you aren't wasting time or money. The important thing is to try out different methods, in order to find the right one for you.

25 Career amp; Job Skills That Boost Your Salary

25 Career amp; Job Skills That Boost Your Salary One good way to increase your pay: Make sure you’ve got the skills that employers pay more for. For MONEY and compensation data and software company PayScale.com‘s exclusive analysis of the 21 Most Valuable Career Skills, we wanted to help the most MONEY readers, so we looked specifically for skills correlated with higher pay across a broad range of occupations. But sometimes, for any single job, there’s one team member who’s making an extra chunk of change simply by having this year’s hottest skill. Currently, that skill is Scala â€" a popular programming language with a wide range of applications, from analyzing biological data to building Twitter. Employees who identified Scala as a core job skill earned 22.2% more than their peers, holding constant such factors as job title, experience, age, and location. Indeed, of the 25 skills that showed the greatest such payoff, 23 of them are somehow technology related â€" whether a coding language, a software program, or a technological approach. Want to earn more money than your peers without being a tech expert? The other two slots on the list were examples of financial expertise: mergers and acquisitions, at No. 7 with a 17.2% pay premium, and equity management, one run lower with a 16.7% higher salary. What follows is the full list of skills, along with each one’s correlated pay bump. To see full coverage of MONEY’s Best Career Skills 2016, click here. Rank Skill Pay Boost 1 Scala 22.2% 2 Cisco UCCE/IPCC 21.1% 3 Go 20.0% 4 Natural Language Processing 17.9% 5 Apache Spark 17.7% 6 Algorithm Development 17.3% 7 Mergers and Acquisitions 17.2% 8 Equity Management 16.7% 9 Kernel Development 15.6% 10 Hybrid Systems 14.6% 11 Splunk 14.3% 12 MapReduce 14.2% 13 Apache Hive 13.1% 14 Apple Xcode 13.0% 15 Ruby on Rails 12.9% 16 Apache Cassandra 12.8% 17 NoSQL 12.6% 18 Amazon Web Services 12.6% 19 Hadoop 12.5% 20 Ruby 12.3% 21 Puppet 12.0% 22 Machine Learning 11.9% 23 Objective-C 11.7% 24 iOS SDK 11.4% 25 Oracle Learning Management System 11.4%

Why Personal Branding Is Essential For Getting A Job - Work It Daily

Why Personal Branding Is Essential For Getting A Job - Work It Daily This post was written by Pamela Paterson, author of the Amazon bestseller, Get the Job: Optimize Your Resume for the Online Job Search on behalf of the Happy Grad Project. As a new grad, you may be eager to put yourself in the market, get a good job, and begin your career. But what’s the best strategy to achieve that? Related: The Perfect Recipe For A Great Personal Brand My answer, based on 20 years of helping people find work and writing an Amazon bestselling book on resumes, is to create a clear and compelling personal brand. What's A Personal Brand? According to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” They are the words that are invoked when people think of youâ€"your skills, values, and talents. Your brand is what people can expect from you. For example, I gave a lecture recently about personal brands to college students. I asked them to give me words that described their professors. Some said hardworking, quality, and committed. Others said disengaged, unprofessional, and unfriendly. I pointed out that all of their professors were qualified on paper, but some of them didn’t spend any effort to create a positive brand. If you lack tenure and are just entering the job market, you need to create a strong brand that tells employers why to hire you. Developing Your Brand Your brand will tell employers why you are a perfect fit for the job and their company: how you meet their needs. Your brand must be evident in your resume and cover letter, as well as your online presence (when you Google yourself, what do you find?). Your brand must match the requirements in the company’s job posting, as well as the company values that you find on their website. As an aside, matching the job posting will also help you get through the company’s applicant tracking system, which is designed to screen out poor keyword matches. Through the job posting and website, and any other online searching you do (for example, of staff LinkedIn profiles), you’ll learn some general characteristics the company looks for in its employees. It could be people who can work in an aggressive, multiple-priority environment, or people who function best in a process-driven government organization. You’ll learn about the “personality” of the company. The closer your brand is to their personality, the better your chances of joining that company. Know that even companies in the same industry may have different personalities. For example, two accounting firms will not necessarily embrace the same values. A small, local accounting firm that helps clients file their taxes will have a stronger requirement for customer service than an auditor in a global accounting firm who doesn’t have any direct customer contact. Strengthening Your Brand Always live up to the promises of your brand. Imagine that your resume says you are a high-energy person who loves working in a fast-paced environment. Now, suppose HR calls you, and you answer the phone sounding half-asleep. Just like that, you’ve hurt your brand. To avoid the damage, answer the phone professionally at all times, even after normal working hours. If you do not have your resume and the company job posting in front of you, then ask HR when you can call back, then get organized. Read the employer’s website so you can orient yourself to match the employer’s brand, and know what they expect from your brand. Brands Develop Over Time The more experience you get, the more opportunity you have to create and reinforce your brand because you will have a track record that employers can rely on. Follow these tips to develop a better brand: Honor your commitments. When you say you will complete a job, then do it. Always deliver the best work. Your results from previous jobs will follow you to the next one. Make sure you always deliver top results. Be ethical. When people know they can trust you, they will present you with more opportunities. Get LinkedIn testimonials. Let other people do the talking for you. What’s more believable: self-praise or other people detailing your accomplishments? Build an online presence. Get a LinkedIn account for starters. Share your knowledge in online discussions and give to your network. Don’t do anything online your grandma wouldn’t be proud of. Get Started Now Take some time to sit down and assess what you have to offer. Ask yourself such questions as: What are my best skills? What can I do better than most people? Where do I get my best results? What compliments do I receive? What does the job market and employers ask for that I have? Creating your brand is critically important as you enter today’s highly competitive job marketplace. It’s worth all the time and effort necessary to do it right. This post was originally published at an earlier date. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!